GeekWire

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Flexible warehousing company Flexe hired Amazon vet Lara Rogers as SVP and general manager. Enterprise software startup Magnify announced Sajo Jacob as its CTO and a co-founder. He was most recently a general manager at Amazon where he spent eight years and previously a software architect at Microsoft. Lara Rogers.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Yifan Zhang speaks at the 2018 State of Technology Luncheon on June 1, 2018 in Seattle. Seattle-based marketing software giant Marchex hired Holly Aglio as chief marketing officer. Seattle AI development studio Simply Augmented hired Larry Arnstein as CTO and Ashwin Kadaru as vice president of engineering.

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GeekWire

MAY 7, 2021

ai, Athenahealth, and Blue Yonder, previously known as JDA Software. Microsoft and Amazon veteran Dirk Didascalou has been appointed the first CTO of Siemens Digital Industries, a business unit of the German multinational company. The company launched in 2018 and earlier this year closed a $50 million Series C round.

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GeekWire

APRIL 3, 2024

He previously co-founded Prevoty, which was acquired by Imperva in 2018, and led technology efforts at BBC and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Adaptive previously hired Goldman Sachs to explore “strategic alternatives” for the businesses. Both new execs will hold executive vice president titles.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Widner, based in Sydney, Australia, joined the Lighter board in 2018. “Lighter is the pioneer and the leader in RBF for software-as-a-service companies.” The company now has 25 employees and plans to hire. Lighter Capital was co-founded by Andy Sack, Randall Lucas and Erik Benson in 2009. The Redmond, Wash.,

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Brad Porter, who was until recently the Amazon Robotics leader, will become Scale AI’s first CTO. “I’m joining Alex Wang and the team at Scale as CTO to help bring this vision to reality.” “In many ways, this is the unsexy part of AI,” Porter writes. Scale AI Photo). Scale AI Photo). Chicago, Ill.

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GeekWire

MAY 8, 2024

Lexion announced this week that it will be acquired by Docusign in a $165 million deal, marking a successful exit for the Seattle startup co-founded by Oberoi in 2018. ” Diligent discernment From left: Lexion CTO and co-founder Emad Elwany; CEO and co-founder Gaurav Oberoi; and Chief Legal Officer Jessica Nguyen. Who is it for?

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GeekWire

AUGUST 27, 2024

(Vouched Photo) — Peter Horadan , a seasoned Seattle tech executive who was an executive at Avalara and later founded an accounting software startup called Lockstep, joined identity verification startup Vouched as its new CEO. Horadan spent the past two years at The Sage Group, which acquired Lockstep in 2022.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

GitHub CTO Jason Warner. In 2016, she co-founded Integris, a data privacy startup, which was acquired by privacy software giant OneTrust in June. Meyerson spent 15 years leading Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin, leaving the company in 2018. . • VP and Distinguished Engineer Saurabh Tiwary. Wenatchee, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2021

” Other executive hires announced by Qualtrics include: • Stephanie Barton as managing director of the EMEA region. Acquired by SAP for $8 billion in 2018, Qualtrics filed to go public in December at a valuation up to $14.4 Former Microsoft Dynamics 365 CTO Sri Srinivasan joined Redwood, Calif.-based Chris Emerson.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He had a lot of promising enterprise software-related ideas, given his previous experience at business marketing startup Bizible. Bird, who sold Bizible to Marketo in April 2018 , is founding partner of Pienza, which just raised $5.1 Bird, who sold Bizible to Marketo in April 2018 , is founding partner of Pienza, which just raised $5.1

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JANUARY 13, 2022

And then today, another blockbuster unicorn boosted its valuation, with Seattle-based sales engagement software company Highspot raising $248 million at a $3.5 Of the 15 companies on the list, nine of the companies employ CEOs who spent time at the software giant, many in high-level executive roles. billion valuation.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

The majority operate in enterprise software or cloud computing. In fact, GeekWire reported this week on a little-known enterprise software company that just joined the unicorn ranks. GeekWire story from July 2019 : Contract management startup Icertis hits $1B valuation with massive $115M funding round. Founded : 2018.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CEO Nathan Kundtaz previously served as Kymeta’s CEO, however the role remained vacant after his departure in 2018. Seattle health tech startup Optimize Health has hired Todd Haedrich as CEO. million in September 2020 and hired three other new executives in August. Rendered.AI Todd Haedrich. Optimize Health Photo).

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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2023

But if they have one thing in common, it’s that they are growing their companies at a time when the broader tech economy is contracting. Create your own user feedback survey Chris Diorio , CEO of Impinj Chris Diorio, CEO of Impinj, at the 2018 GeekWire Summit. He served as CTO before stepping into the CEO role in 2014.

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GeekWire

APRIL 7, 2021

. — Uber board member and former Xerox CEO Ursula Burns joined the advisory board of contract management startup Icertis. billion and sells its contract management software in 90 countries. billion and sells its contract management software in 90 countries. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., Icertis is valued at $2.8

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Former FlyHomes VP of Marketing Amy Sellers was hired as chief marketing officer. Augmented writing startup Textio hired Jackye Clayton as vice president of talent acquisition and DEI. Tech leader and Microsoft Deputy CTO Lila Tretikov to lead Cervest Board of Directors. He was previously a senior software engineer at EMC. —

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GeekWire

MARCH 24, 2021

NEU co-founder and CTO Claudius Mbemba is an investment director. Mehta joined PSL in 2018 from ExtraHop Networks, where she was CFO. Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. Gilbert is a co-founder of PSL Studio.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Choo replaces Jeremy Wackman, who took over as CEO in August when co-founder and two-time CEO Rich Barton stepped down. Choo was previously Zillow’s senior vice president of real estate software. Oman was previously CTO at Plunk, a Bellevue, Wash., home improvement tech startup. Sanctuary AI Photo) The Vancouver, B.C.,

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 4, 2023

LinkedIn Photo) — William Johnson stepped down from Vancouver Tech Journal , which he founded in 2018. LinkedIn Photo) — Enterprise software company Freshworks hired Mika Yamamoto as chief marketing officer and chief customer officer. The UW School of Medicine educates more than 9,000 students and trainees annually.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2020

Another heavily-funded Seattle-based startup, sales engagement software provider Outreach, announced plans to open a New York City office led by David Rubinstein. tax automation software company Avalara, search business InfoSpace, drugstore.com, and Nextel. “I The Seattle office will initially hire 10 employees.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 6, 2022

A company spokesperson confirmed Grosse’s departure and said the company would not be hiring a CMO in the foreseeable future. Oregon Venture Fund Partner Scott Sandler left his full-time role at the Oregon and southwest Washington-focused investment firm. Real estate property management startup Doorstead hired Philip Lee as CTO.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2024

The company initially sold its own data storage hardware but is now focused on selling software that helps customers store and access data from any location or device — in the cloud, on-premise, and at the edge. Godman stepped down as CEO when Richter was hired, and left the company in 2018. Fachan left Qumulo in 2022.

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TM Forum

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The CLOUD Act of 2018. “The set-up and management of the Sovereign Cloud will be familiar to our cloud customers, with T-Systems remaining the contract partner,” according to the spokesperson. T-Systems will provide all sovereignty dimensions around data and operational software.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. Roopesh Pujari has been promoted to CTO at marketing and advertising firm Publicis Groupe India. February 2022. Goel has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. Kamal Goel Web Werks.

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2021

She has served as Microsoft’s general counsel and corporate secretary since 2018. Seattle sales software startup Outreach, now valued at $4.4 Outreach has not yet opened its physical office in Atlanta but is already hiring there. From left: Mohan Achar, Neil Amrhein and Vlad Melnik. Outreach Photos). Damon Corey.

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GeekWire

APRIL 13, 2023

His mental and physical health were impacted, and he had less time to spend with his wife and two children. Since launching his company in August 2018, Kumar had faced one challenge after another: the pandemic, an economic slowdown, and eventually his own fatigue. GEEKWIRE AWARDS: Meet the five finalists for Startup CEO of the Year.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

released in October 2018 and the NaaS Open API Component Suite released in 2019. Telstra formally launched its NaaS platform in November 2018 and is using NaaS to provide services to enterprise customers, TM Forum’s Open Digital Architecture and Open APIs along with the MEF 3.0 Orange aims for cloud connectivity.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2021

But Insider says Greco disagreed with Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson — who replaced co-founder Rony Abovitz last year — over a choice to move the software division out of the CTO’s purview. Most of Vlietstra and Lundmark’s responsibilities are reportedly shifting to other executives at Magic Leap.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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The most obvious answer is pay a premium for the best talent, or hire consultants with modern skills. How can you address the skills gap if you can’t afford to hire a bunch of new employees? Don’t assume you’re safe because you have the best cybersecurity software. Connecting decentralized software.

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MARCH 8, 2023

“I like thinking about how to stabilize, secure, and scale the organization at a foundational level, to really implement innovation,” she says, noting that her perspective made her a better fit for the CIO position rather than a CTO role with its focus on products.

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JUNE 20, 2024

Bee was most recently CTO at Lessen, a property services management startup valued at more than $2 billion last year. “I can’t be more excited to help build such a beloved product that gives people time back every day,” Bee wrote on LinkedIn. Perkins previously held the same role at HAVI, and spent 13 years at Amazon.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

-based social media management platform Hootsuite hired Antonis Papatsaras as its new chief technology officer. Papatsaras was previously chief technology officer of the contract lifecycle management product suite at Docusign. He has more than 25 years of computer science and software engineering experience.

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GeekWire

MAY 18, 2023

. “What’s interesting is that Groopit is in a position to combine the power of automated intelligence, with real-time human intelligence, in ways that have not yet been done,” Savage said. The players: Savage founded the startup in 2018 after spending more than two decades at Microsoft in various management roles.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

He is the former CTO of Canadian startups Checkfront and Foodee. He is also a Hootsuite alum and was director of software development for the social media management tool after it acquired Brightkit, which McGuire co-founded. Downs left the Seattle startup in 2018. Chris McGuire. Thinkific Photo). Tony Small. Wiliot Photo). —

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GeekWire

APRIL 1, 2021

Magic Leap continues to hire from the Seattle region. Anuj Gosalia , a veteran of Microsoft, Facebook and Google, joined the company as its chief software and cloud officer. This is the third recent executive hire from the Seattle area by the augmented reality company based in Plantation, Fla. Jay Inslee in July 2018.

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